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    Emily Grierson‚ referred to as Miss Emily throughout the story‚ is the main character of ’A Rose for Emily‚’ written by William Faulkner. Emily is born to a proud‚ aristocratic family sometime during the Civil War; Miss Emily used to live with her father and servants‚ in a big decorated house. The Grierson Family considers themselves superior than other people of the town. According to Miss Emily’s father none of the young boys were suitable for Miss Emily. Due to this attitude of Miss Emily’s father

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    “Decayed” Rose for Emily William Faulkner once said‚ “Given a choice between grief and nothing‚ I’d choose grief.”(goodreads) He further explains why he’d do this in A Rose for Emily; although the story is not about him‚ he details the loneliness and decay of a poor women‚ Miss Emily. Emily cannot grasp the idea of death and this leads to the decay of everything around her. A Rose for Emily illustrates the theme of decay in the town‚ the house‚ and in herself. The short story A Rose for Emily written

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    the setting of “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner’s William Faulkner is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Although he was born in New Albany‚ Mississippi in 1897 he moved to Oxford‚ Mississippi before his fifth birthday. Faulkner belonged to a once-wealthy family of former plantation owners (eNotes.com‚ Inc.‚ 2012). He spent his boyhood hunting and fishing in and around Lafayette County (eNotes.com‚ Inc.‚ 2012). William Faulkner based most of his stories and characters closely

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    2012 “A Rose for EmilyEmily William Faulkner in her short story “A Rose for Emily” narrates a remarkable story about a woman drive to insanity due to isolation. In this short story‚ the main character Emily Grierson shuts her away and is aided by townspeople in not following the rules of our society. When she dies‚ the reader and townspeople discover that many years ago‚ she killed her love and has slept with his corpse every night. Three sub topics play an important .role in this story; characterization

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    A Ripe Rose When reading the first paragraph of‚ “We all said‚ ‘she will kill herself’ “: The Narrator / Detective in Williams Faulkner’s “A Rose For Emily” by Lawrence R. Rodgers‚ I automatically knew that his essay was going to be about the depiction of the genre in the story A Rose For Emily which he clarified as being “a classical expression of American Gothicism.” (413). And “the classical detective story”. While reading this essay I could tell that

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    characters in “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner can relate to the characters in Plato’s “Myth of the Cave”. Both stories seem to not share any similarities at first glance‚ especially in regards to their settings and plots. However‚ the similarity of both stories lies within the characters. In both stories‚ the characters experience a sort of self-inflicted isolation. The state of unknowingly separating themselves from the outside world is a common trait shared between the prisoners and Emily. In Plato’s

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    04/19/2013 A Rose for Emily I chose “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner as my topic for my final research paper because I felt that it flowed very well‚ and I loved the twist at the end. Emily was an extremely private character therefore you had to rely on the gossip from the town to figure out who she truly was. I feel that the three most important elements in this story would be the themes‚ the tone and the characters. There are many different themes that can be discussed in “A Rose for Emily

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    “A Rose for Emily‚” written by William Faulkner‚ is a third person narrative about a woman who grew up in the south under the rule of a very controlling father during a time when women’s rights were still a distant reality. Although the story is one of William Faulkner’s shortest works‚ it is viewed as one of his most popular. One of the things that make this story so popular‚ besides being short‚ is its mysterious plot. In the beginning of the storyEmily‚ the main character of the story‚ is

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    on the attitude the person is experiencing at the moment. In William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily‚ the author presents the story through narration in a third person point of view. The narrator is the voice of the people who live in Jefferson‚ and tells the story in a series of memories in no chronological order. The author successfully gives the reader a general sense of how the people of Jefferson felt towards Emily and those closest to her throughout her life. In actions and thoughts shown through

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    “A Rose for Emily” 1. What is meaningful in the final detail that the strand of hair on the second pillow is iron-gray? -This I meaningful because Miss Emily’s hair was described as iron-gray. This makes it understood that one her hair’s was in the bed with Homer’s body‚ which means that she had recently been exposed to his corpse. 2. Who is the unnamed narrator? For whom does he profess to be speaking? -I believe the unnamed narrator could be several people voicing their own opinion or point

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